Why have Slate readers gone crazy for the book Rework?

What Slate Readers Are Buying on Amazon

People have gone crazy for Rework.

Slate has an affiliate relationship with Amazon.com, which means that when you click on an Amazon link from Slate, we get a small percentage of what you purchase while you're there, whether it's Ian McEwan's latest novel, a new video game, or shoes for your kid. (Don't be alarmed: We have zero access to anyone's personal or account information. We don't know who bought what, just that items were purchased via a link from Slate.) Periodically, we like to let readers know which items are especially popular.

Slate readers are normally avid DVD buyers, but if the academy's favorites enjoyed a bump, it wasn't because of you. Precisely two readers picked up Inglourious Basterds, while The Hurt Locker and The Blind Side each found one new viewer. Our most popular DVD? 2012. That's today's sign that the apocalypse is upon us.